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3LA Christmas Quiz

Total questions: 16

Worksheet time: 8mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

The Normans introduced the feudal system and the values...

a)

linked to chivalry

b)

linked to property

c)

linked to religion

2.

Populations unconquered by the Romans

a)

Welsh and Irish

b)

Scots and Picts

c)

Celts and Druids

3.

It was commissioned by King Alfred the Great in 890

a)

Celtic Chronicle

b)

Danish Chronicle

c)

Anglo-Saxon Chronicle

4.

William, Duke of Normandy, was crowned King of England in

a)

1066

b)

1068

c)

1056

5.

After the Norman Conquest, __________remained the main language for law, administration, church...

a)

Latin

b)

French

c)

Old English

6.

The first Plantagenet King (1154-1189)

a)

William IV

b)

Henri I

c)

Henry II

7.

Tax which replaced the feudal duty of military service

a)

scouting

b)

scutage

c)

homage

8.

It was based on customs and comparisons of previous cases

a)

Common Law

b)

Canon Law

c)

Roman Law

9.

Document which stated the supremacy of the Crown over the Church in civil matters (1164)

a)

Constitutions of Clarendon

b)

Constitutions of Canterbury

c)

Constitutions of Hastings

10.

England's first Parliament, summoned in 1295, is known as...

a)

Domesday Parliament

b)

Magna Carta Parliament

c)

Model Parliament

11.

The Black Death (1348) caused the death of ...

a)

more than one third of Britain's population

b)

half of Britain's population

c)

two thirds of Britain's population

12.

He introduced the "poll tax" which lead to the Peasants' Revolt (1381)

a)

John of Gaunt

b)

John Wycliffe

c)

Simon de Montfort

13.

Popular source for metrical romances, alongside with the stories of Charlemagne and classical stories

a)

the story of King Arthur and his knights

b)

the story of Thomas Becket

c)

the story of the Wars of the Roses

14.

The Inn of the Canterbury Tales

a)

Tabard

b)

Tabac

c)

Toward

15.

The main market for English wool

a)

Tuscany

b)

Flanders

c)

Aquitaine

16.

Chaucer is buried in .......... in Westminster Abbey

a)

the Poets' Corner

b)

the Customs' Corner

c)

the Clerks' Corner